(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
backliding
backlighted
backloading
backloading
noun
(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackfigured
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blitzkrieged
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
candlemaking
candlemaking
noun
The manufacture of candles.
candlewicking
coldcocking
coldcocking
verb
present participle of coldcock
cradlemaking
cradlemaking
noun
The manufacture of cradles.
cuckolding
cuckolding
noun
The practice of making a man a cuckold, especially as a sexual kink.
verb
present participle of cuckold
daggerlike
daggerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dagger.
darkling
darkling
adj
(figurative) Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
(poetic) Dark; growing dark; darkening.
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
noun
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
Darkness
verb
present participle of darkle
darklings
darklings
adv
(poetic, obsolete) In the darkness.
noun
plural of darkling
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
deadlocking
deadlocking
verb
present participle of deadlock
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
deerstalking
deerstalking
noun
The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
dirgelike
dirgelike
adj
(music) Resembling a dirge: slow and depressing
disacknowledge
disacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
disacknowledgement
disacknowledgements
disliking
disliking
noun
gerund of dislike: a dislike.
verb
present participle of dislike
doglike
doglike
adj
(rare) Befitting a dog
Similar to a dog; canine.
Similar to that of a dog
adv
(rare) As one would act toward a dog
In a doglike way.
dogwinkle
dollmaking
dollmaking
noun
The manufacture of dolls.
doublethinking
doughlike
doughlike
adj
Resembling dough.
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
downlinking
downlinking
verb
present participle of downlink
dragonlike
dragonlike
Adjective
Resembling a dragon or some aspect of one.
drygalski
duckling
duckling
noun
A young duck.
ducklings
ducklings
noun
plural of duckling
ducklingship
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
dukeling
dukeling
noun
A little or insignificant duke.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
dunkling
enkindling
enkindling
verb
present participle of enkindle
gardenlike
gardenlike
adj
Resembling a garden
garlandlike
garlandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a garland.
gavelkind
gavelkind
noun
(historical) a system of inheritance associated with the county of Kent in England whereby, at the death of a tenant, intestate estate is divided equally among all his sons; also, a similar system employed in Ireland
gavelkinder
gavelkinder
noun
One who inherits through gavelkind.
geeldikkop
geeldikkop
noun
(South Africa) tribulosis
girdlecake
girdlelike
girdlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a girdle.
gladelike
gladelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a glade.
gladkaite
glandlike
glandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gland.
goadlike
goadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
godlike
godlike
adj
Characteristic of a god.
Having the characteristics of a god.
godlikeness
godlikeness
noun
The quality of being godlike.
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldilocks
goldilocks
noun
A goldilocks aster, Aster linosyris.
A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.
goldlike
goldlike
adj
Similar to it in color.
Similar to it in value.
goldspink
goldspink
noun
(obsolete) The European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
goodlike
goodlike
adj
(UK, dialect, archaic) well-favoured; handsome
gourdlike
gourdlike
adj
Resembling a gourd.
griddlecake
griddlecake
noun
Any of various forms of small pancake made from a spoonful of batter cooked on a griddle
griddlecakes
griddlecakes
noun
plural of griddlecake
gridlock
gridlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.
A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.
On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.
verb
To cause traffic congestion.
gridlocking
gridlocking
verb
present participle of gridlock
guardlike
guardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a guard.
gumpoldskirchner
holidaymaking
holidaymaking
noun
(Britain) Going on holiday.
hydraulicking
hydraulicking
noun
hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment)
verb
present participle of hydraulic
interknowledge
interknowledge
noun
Reciprocal knowledge.
jacklighted
judgelike
judgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a judge.
kaliningrad
kiddingly
kiddingly
adv
In a kidding manner; jestingly, jokingly.
kidling
kidling
noun
(archaic, poetic) A young kid; a baby goat.
kindling
kindling
adj
Illuminated, lit.
noun
Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
The act by which something is kindled.
verb
present participle of kindle
kindlings
kindlings
noun
plural of kindling
kingdomful
kingdomful
noun
Enough to fill a kingdom.
kingdomless
kingdomless
adj
Without a kingdom.
kingfield
kingfield
Proper noun
A town in Maine, USA
kinglihood
kinglihood
noun
kingliness; majesty
kingsland
kludging
kludging
verb
present participle of kludge
kneadingly
kneadingly
adv
(rare) In the manner of one who is kneading.
knightdale
knightlihood
knightlihood
noun
Quality of being knightly.
knipperdolling
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
knowledging
knowledging
verb
present participle of knowledge
kolding
kolodgie
kyoodling
kyoodling
verb
present participle of kyoodle
landmarking
landmarking
verb
present participle of landmark
linkediting
linkeditting
loudspeaking
lovingkindness
lovingkindness
noun
(archaic, uncountable) Kindness or mercy which is based on, or arises from, love; (countable) an act of such kindness or mercy.
misacknowledge
misacknowledge
verb
(rare) To fail to acknowledge; to acknowledge wrongly.
misknowledge
misknowledge
noun
Misapprehension; imperfect or incorrect knowledge; misunderstanding.
modelmaking
modelmaking
noun
The creation of scale models.
needlemaking
needlemaking
noun
The manufacture of needles.
padlocking
padlocking
verb
present participle of padlock
pagodalike
pagodalike
adj
Resembling a pagoda.
partridgelike
partridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a partridge.
porridgelike
porridgelike
adj
Resembling porridge or some aspect of it.
preacknowledging
preacknowledging
verb
present participle of preacknowledge
preblockading
predisliking
prekindling
puddinglike
puddinglike
adj
Resembling a pudding.
reacknowledging
reacknowledging
verb
present participle of reacknowledge
rekindling
rekindling
noun
The act of kindling again.
verb
present participle of rekindle
ridgelike
ridgelike
adj
Resembling a ridge.
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
sedgelike
sedgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of sedge.
sedgewickville
skedaddling
skedaddling
verb
present participle of skedaddle
skiddingly
skiddingly
adv
With a skid.
skullduggeries
skullduggeries
noun
plural of skullduggery
skyrgaliard
stockholding
stockholding
noun
(finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies' stock.
stockholdings
stockholdings
noun
plural of stockholding
tiddlywinking
trinkgeld
unacknowledging
unacknowledging
adj
Failing to acknowledge.
verb
present participle of unacknowledge
unbridegroomlike
unbridegroomlike
adj
Not bridegroomlike.
underliking
undertakingly
undervaluinglike
ungodlike
ungodlike
adj
Not godlike.
unjudgelike
unjudgelike
adj
Not judgelike.
unkindling
unkindling
adj
That does not kindle.
vegetoalkaloid
wedgelike
wedgelike
adj
Shaped like a wedge.
worldmaking
worldmaking
noun
The creation of a world, as for example in writing fiction.